"Only recently have we come up with the technology to turn lazing around into a way of life. We've taken our sinewy, durable, hunter-gatherer bodies and plunked them into an artificial world of leisure."

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Source : Christopher McDougall (2010). “Born to Run: The hidden tribe, the ultra-runners, and the greatest race the world has never seen”, p.243, Profile Books

Christopher McDougall

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“Here I am, a baseball superstar, falling into the pits, having everybody write you off, and then having God say, 'I'm going to use your mess for a message.' How beautiful is that?”
“It is not larger, cleaner cages that justice demands...but empty cages; not traditional animal agriculture but a complete end to all commerce in the flesh of dead animals; not more humane hunting and trapping, but the total eradication of these barbarous practices.”
“Today's prime educational objective must be to form men-and-women-for-others who cannot even conceive of love of God which does not include love for the least of their neighbors.”
“Comedy works in fashion cycles, in a way. And sometimes, studios will imitate those cycles a little too much.”
“Being injured is something that happens in this sport. Anybody who gets into it understands that.”
“Women live lives of continual apology. They are born and raised to take the blame for other people's behavior. If they are treated without respect, they tell themselves that they have failed to earn respect. If their husbands do not fancy them, it is because they are unattractive.”

Source : "Guilt poisons women" by Germaine Greer, www.cnn.com. March 12, 2013.
“War, hatred, and violence all spring from one infernal idea: that one person, race, creed, or culture is better than another.”
“Neglect of private prayer is the locust which devours the strength of the church.”

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